Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been increasingly recognized as the most common pathological conditions affecting the liver. In concert with the increase in Body Mass Index in developed countries that has occurred during the last decades, more and more individuals referred for evaluation of abnormal liver tests are found to have NAFLD. In most cases, the increase in fat within the liver is not associated with impaired liver structure or function in the long-term. However, liver… CONTINUE READING